Editing Short-billed dowitcher (section)

==Description==
The body of adults is dark brown on top and reddish underneath. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The legs are a yellowish color.

The three subspecies have slight variations in appearance:
* ''L. g. griseus'' has a white belly and barred flanks.
* ''L. g. hendersoni'' has a reddish belly and spotted flanks.
* ''L. g. caurinus'' has a white belly with heavily barred flanks and densely spotted breast.

None of these combines the reddish belly and barred flanks of the breeding plumage long-billed dowitcher. The winter [[Feather|plumage]] is largely grey. This bird can range from {{convert|23|to|32|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length, {{convert|46|to|56|cm|in|abbr=on}} in wingspan and {{convert|73|-|155|g|oz|abbr=on}} in body mass.<ref name=CRC/>

The call of this bird is more mellow than that of the long-billed dowitcher, and is useful in identification, particularly of the difficult adult plumages.